[02:46] <ianorlin> under 15 minutes until meeting
[02:58] <nhaines> pleia2: Photo requirement must have been a default setting.  Removed.
[02:59] <ianorlin> nhaines: thanks
[03:00] <caballero> Hello everyone and good evening!
[03:00] <nhaines> caballero: hello!
[03:00] <nhaines> Whew, got in and unpacked 5 minutes ago.  :)
[03:01] <nhaines> Now it's meeting time.
[03:01] <nhaines> #startmeeting
[03:01] <nhaines> #chair nhaines ianorlin pleia2
[03:01] <nhaines> Hello everyone, and welcome to the first Ubuntu California meeting of 2016!
[03:02] <nhaines> Tonight's agenda is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/16January10
[03:02] <nhaines> #topic Upcoming Events
[03:02] <nhaines> Coming up in a week and a half is the world's first UbuCon Summit in Pasadena!
[03:03] <nhaines> The schedule and details are available here: http://ubucon.org/en/events/ubucon-summit-us/
[03:04] <nhaines> UbuCon Summit is a two-day celebration of Ubuntu and community, and is a great time to get together, have fun, and learn about all the crazy new things happening in the project.
[03:04] <nhaines> Thursday at 10am is especially exciting because Mark Shuttleworth is giving the opening keynote.
[03:05] <caballero> Nice! \o/
[03:05] <nhaines> And Thursday at lunch is almost as exciting because then I'm talking!
[03:05] <nhaines> Also I think pleia2 is going to talk or something.
[03:06] <nhaines> Friday has some panels before breaking out into unconference sessions, and I've heard a lot of exciting ideas for those, so you don't want to miss it.  :)
[03:06] <ianorlin> schedule is http://ubucon.org/en/events/ubucon-summit-us/schedule/
[03:06] <nhaines> Anyone who's in Pasadena for UbuCon on Wednesday night can join us for a meet-and-greet with other UbuCon attendees.
[03:07] <nhaines> And Thursday night after the first day of UbuCon, we'll all go out for dinner and pass out some drink tickets and have a proper party.  :)
[03:07] <nhaines> Friday night after UbuCon is the standard SCALE Friday night activities, and all of the organizers will be there, so no special parties then.  ;)
[03:08] <nhaines> So Ubucon will be January 21-22nd in Pasadena.
[03:08] <nhaines> The SCALE 14x expo floor opens at 2pm on January 22nd, and will be open on the 23rd and 24th as well.
[03:09] <nhaines> Ubuntu is going to be represented in a huge way there, too.  I'll be giving a talk Saturday night about book publishing using Ubuntu, and Mark Shuttleworth will give the Saturday morning keynote.
[03:09] <nhaines> Information about SCALE 14x is available at https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x
[03:10] <nhaines> Use the coupon code "UBNTU" for 50% off a full-access pass.
[03:11] <nhaines> And be sure to stop by the booth because we'll have a lot of Ubuntu devices on hand to demonstrate.
[03:11] <nhaines> Final details on the UbuCon parties will be on our Meetup group and our mailing list as soon as I get them.
[03:12] <nhaines> Also, if you're going to UbuCon Summit, please RSVP on our Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/Ubuntu-California/events/227070159/
[03:12] <nhaines> Are there any other upcoming events to announce?
[03:12] <MarkDude> Social media links for sharing for Ubucon? Or just share meetup?
[03:12] <ianorlin> Or should we do something about getting volunteers
[03:12] <DonkeyHotei-mob> MarkDude: are you going?
[03:13] <ianorlin> I am not sure I am the best volunteering at the booth because it is a bit loud for me
[03:13] <ianorlin> and I don't deal well with that noise
[03:13] <nhaines> MarkDude: Just share the Meetup right now.  Might be some links in a day or two.
[03:13] <MarkDude> Nope, but I have a great volunteer ready. A nice cousin lives in LA, just starting Linux
[03:13] <nhaines> ianorlin: volunteer stuff is later, not during event announcements.
[03:13] <MarkDude> Cool, ty nhaines :)
[03:13] <ianorlin> ah ok
[03:14] <nhaines> #topic Announcements
[03:14] <nhaines> Does anyone have any Ubuntu-related announcements to make before we move on to our agenda items?
[03:16] <ianorlin> no
[03:16] <ianorlin> or I shold say I don't
[03:17] <nhaines> #topic SCALE 14x Ubuntu booth volunteers needed
[03:17] <nhaines> We have a SCALE booth signup sheet available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Scale14x
[03:18] <nhaines> So far we only have one volunteer other than myself and we need more than that.
[03:20] <nhaines> We have four shifts available throughout the weekend, and myself and Canonical employees will be around to train volunteers on the new Ubuntu news and devices so it's a great way to meet people and learn more about Ubuntu at the same time that you're teaching others about Ubuntu.
[03:21] <pleia2> apologies, here now
[03:21] <nhaines> And anyone who works one shift will have their full-access badge taken care of by me.  :)
[03:22] <nhaines> pleia2: welcome!
[03:22] <nhaines> pleia2: how do you feel about being stuck at booths?
[03:22] <pleia2> nhaines: no likey
[03:22] <ianorlin> I personally find the noise the hardest part for me
[03:22] <ianorlin> if you can talk to someone on a crowded convetion floor it would probably work
[03:22] <nhaines> pleia2: probably because you don't want to deprive other volunteers of the room to volunteer!
[03:23] <pleia2> but I might sign up for a shift, need to confirm other goings-on (my employer is sending me, so I have work things to do too)
[03:23] <pleia2> they haven't put me on their booth yet, so ;)
[03:24] <nhaines> SCALE's the friendliest show around and this is one of the biggest ways we like to train new members who want to do Ubuntu advocacy.  :)
[03:24] <pleia2> it's probably my favorite one
[03:24] <pleia2> and I go to a lot of conferences
[03:25] <ianorlin> welcome philipballew
[03:25] <nhaines> So please consider volunteering for the booth.  But I do need to know this week, because we're trying to get shirts for everyone to wear.
[03:25] <nhaines> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Scale14x
[03:25] <nhaines> pleia2: I'm going to try to convince sabdfl to stand near the booth for a little while, although I get the impression he is going to be incredibly busy.
[03:26] <pleia2> nhaines: cool :)
[03:26] <ianorlin> when isn't sabdfl busy?
[03:27] <nhaines> Okay, any questions at all about SCALE before we warp this meeting up?
[03:27] <pleia2> warp up <3
[03:27] <philipballew> ianorlin, thanks!
[03:27] <philipballew> nhaines, I was gonna get handcuffs for him to make him stay
[03:27] <ianorlin> #topic any other business
[03:27] <ianorlin> when is our next meeting?
[03:28] <ianorlin> I think Sunday people travel back from scale probably won't work as pleia2 will be on a plane
[03:28]  * pleia2 nods
[03:28] <ianorlin> I might be just arriving back and getting dinner
[03:28] <ianorlin> and not sure if nhianes would be home yet
[03:28] <nhaines> The next meeting is scheduled on the wiki for February 7th.
[03:29] <pleia2> wfm
[03:29] <pleia2> I'm hosting an Ubuntu Hour on Wednesday in SF http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3284-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/
[03:29] <nhaines> We always skip meetings that fall on SCALE weekend.
[03:29] <pleia2> it's at a different starbucks than usual because our usual one changed their hours (for winter? I don't know!)
[03:30] <nhaines> In the early days we'd get together afterward for an in-person meeting, but everything's become so big that people fly or drive out Sundays sometimes and everyone's exhausted too.
[03:30] <pleia2> yeah, it's really chaotic
[03:30] <pleia2> oh, I forgot one scale thing
[03:31] <pleia2> do we have details for party/get togethers?
[03:31] <pleia2> wednesday and thursday nights
[03:31] <pleia2> Friday night is jono's bad voltage live show http://www.badvoltage.org/live/
[03:31] <nhaines> pleia2: no, and I'm trying really hard to get them.
[03:32] <pleia2> (not music, it's a podcast)
[03:32] <nhaines> But I'll get them on Meetup the moment I get the details.  (I think there are venues selected and there's just last minute details to be set in stone.)
[03:32] <caballero> nhaines: I will email you in the next 1 or 2 days...I plan on volunteering again this year...
[03:32] <pleia2> nhaines: great, thanks
[03:32] <nhaines> Also, Bad Voltage Live is awesome even if they did make me come on stage last year and then pull out my arm hair with tape.
[03:33] <pleia2> http://www.jonobacon.org/2016/01/06/bad-voltage-live-in-los-angeles-why-you-should-be-there/
[03:33] <nhaines> caballero: glad to hear it!  Be sure to sign up on the wiki as soon as you can, and I look forward to your email.  :)
[03:33] <pleia2> ^^ jono's post about it
[03:33] <pleia2> and he also has some questions that need answers for the show: http://www.jonobacon.org/2016/01/08/we-need-your-answers/
[03:33] <ianorlin> what payment methods work for parking?
[03:33] <pleia2> (they're mostly fun questions)
[03:34] <nhaines> Oh right, I need to fill that out.  :)
[03:34] <pleia2> :)
[03:35] <nhaines> ianorlin: no idea.  I'd bring cash and a credit card.
[03:35] <pleia2> I think that was all I had
[03:35] <nhaines> No bitcoin.  :)
[03:35] <ianorlin> I don't have credit card I only have debit
[03:35] <ianorlin> I could bring cash
[03:35] <nhaines> If your debit card has a credit card logo on it, it will suffice.
[03:36] <ianorlin> ok
[03:36] <nhaines> Okay, I think that's all for now.  In two weeks is UbuCon Summit and SCALE!  \o/
[03:36] <ianorlin> nightmare place for a card scimmer though
[03:36] <ianorlin> skimmer
[03:36] <ianorlin> #endmeeting
[03:37] <nhaines> Anything else before we move on?
[03:37] <caballero> ianorlin: you get a $10 off coupon for each day you attend scale for parking...when you go up to Scale customer service people
[03:37] <nhaines> caballero: is that the case this year?
[03:37] <caballero> I hope so...
[03:38] <ianorlin> new venue  I am not sure it is true
[03:38] <ianorlin> hence why I asked
[03:38] <caballero> Phil: you know anything about this?
[03:38] <nhaines> If you're parking at the hotel, there will be shuttles from the Westin.  From the Sheraton you can just lay down and roll over to the vene, so should be even easier.
[03:38] <pleia2> hehe
[03:38] <pleia2> sheraton \o/
[03:38] <pleia2> (though the Westin is a nicer hotel)
[03:39] <nhaines> Okay then, if anyone has questions, feel free to ask on the mailing list!
[03:39] <ianorlin> I think I am  not parking at hotel but driving each day
[03:39] <nhaines> But for this meeting, it's a wrap.  :)
[03:39] <pleia2> thanks nhaines
[03:39] <nhaines> Our next meeting will be on February 7th, 2016.  Til then!
[03:40] <nhaines> #endmeeting
[03:40] <caballero> Goodnight everyone...hope to see you all soon!
[03:40] <pleia2> https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x/parking
[03:40] <pleia2> no words about discounts there
[03:40] <nhaines> pleia2: good night!
[03:40] <pleia2> o/
[03:40] <pleia2> back to book things (which is what made me late)
[03:41] <nhaines> Okay, now I can eat, and *then* I will do post-meeting things.
[03:41] <pleia2> enjoy
[03:41] <nhaines> pleia2: yay, book things!
[03:41] <pleia2> nhaines: jeklsjlesjfklsd
[03:41] <pleia2> /o\
[03:41] <pleia2> it'll be over some day :)
[03:41] <nhaines> I have a friend who's written 36k words of his 50k first draft in the last four days.  It's been pretty amazing.
[03:42] <nhaines> The only crazy thing is that he plans to do another book next week.
[03:42] <pleia2> can he come do mine next?
[03:42] <nhaines> Haha, I'll ask!
[03:42] <pleia2> pretty sure that's the rate I need to finish at to hit my really-I-shouldn't-miss-this-deadline deadline
[03:42] <nhaines> 10k a day isn't bad.
[03:43] <nhaines> Ooh, actually he was at 38k 30 minutes ago.  I guess he's going for 40k after all.
[03:43] <pleia2> hehe
[03:43]  * pleia2 back to salt mines
[03:43] <nhaines> _o/